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Alexei Navalny says he is being 'tortured' in prison (Deutsche Welle)
DW
The jailed Kremlin critic has told lawyers he is in "great pain" and has trouble using one of his legs. Russian prison authorities have claimed Navalny's health is "satisfactory."
One of the lawyers for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said Thursday that the jailed Kremlin critic told her he has been subject to sleep deprivation by guards and considers the treatment in a Russian penal colony to be "torture."
After visiting Navalny in prison, lawyer Olga Mikhailova told Russia's TV Rain broadcaster that he is suffering from health problems.
Mikhailova said prison authorities have denied Navalny's requests for a civilian physician while ignoring appeals from his legal team that he receive proper medicine.
"In my opinion, he is in bad shape health-wise because he is experiencing severe pain in his back and in his right leg," Olga Mikhailova told Russia's TV Rain broadcaster.
"One of his legs practically doesn't work ... everyone is afraid for his life and health" she said, adding that Navalny had undergone an MRI scan, but had not been informed of the results.
After visiting Navalny in prison, lawyer Olga Mikhailova told Russia's TV Rain broadcaster that he is suffering from health problems.
Mikhailova said prison authorities have denied Navalny's requests for a civilian physician while ignoring appeals from his legal team that he receive proper medicine.
"In my opinion, he is in bad shape health-wise because he is experiencing severe pain in his back and in his right leg," Olga Mikhailova told Russia's TV Rain broadcaster.
"One of his legs practically doesn't work ... everyone is afraid for his life and health" she said, adding that Navalny had undergone an MRI scan, but had not been informed of the results.
Read more at link: https://www.dw.com/en/alexei-navalny-says-he-is-being-tortured-in-prison/a-56995363
Personally, I wouldn't have put 'tortured' in quotation marks. But that's just me.
Also, from Reuters:
Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny says he is being prevented from sleeping, calls it torture
MARCH 25, 20218:19 AM UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
MOSCOW, March 25 (Reuters) - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said in statement passed to his lawyers on Thursday that he was being prevented from sleeping by prison guards, a practice he likened to torture.
He also said he had asked prison authorities to let a civilian doctor visit him in jail because of serious pain he was experiencing, but said he had been refused.
One of his lawyers said earlier on Thursday that Navalny had been experiencing health problems for several weeks in jail. (Reporting by Andrew Osborn; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Andrew Osborn)
He also said he had asked prison authorities to let a civilian doctor visit him in jail because of serious pain he was experiencing, but said he had been refused.
One of his lawyers said earlier on Thursday that Navalny had been experiencing health problems for several weeks in jail. (Reporting by Andrew Osborn; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Andrew Osborn)
No more at link (just a short article): https://www.reuters.com/article/russia-politics-navalny-health-sleep-idUSR4N2KP02E
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...except to pressure Russia--like that helps. 